173 AD - 211 AD

Sauromates II   Regnum Bospranum
Σαυρομάτης B'   Βασίλειον Βοσπόρου
 AE 26
 SHH 3696

3696 Sauromates II Regnum Bosporanum AE

Parameter
Obverse

Reverse


Notes

Reference
 8.61 g   25.6-26.8 mm   1.8 eqmm   7:00 o'clock   VF   centering + / +
Diademed and draped bust of bearded Sauromates right;
ΒΑCΙΛΕωC C / Α / YΡΟΜΑΤΟY clockwise around; border of dots.
Aphrodite Apatura, wearing calathos, enthroned left, [holding apple in right hand];
star in right field; countermark laureate head of Septimius Severus right in upper left field
and denomination mark B (= 2) in lower left field; border of dots.
Countermarks same as symbols struck with the coin in SHH 1734, McDonald 547.
Ex Jörg Müller Collection; ex Giessener Münzhandlung 104/656, 23. 10 2000.
 Anokhin 623 variant (174-211 AD); Copenhagen IV -- (174-210 AD);
Фролова I p.322/323 Tab. LXXXVIII.13/ LXXXIX.9; Lindgren II & III ---;
McDonald 543.1 CM (174-211 AD); Sear Greek Imperial --- (172-211 AD)
Ex CNG 219E/261, 30.9.2009